Word: detroit
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Detroit, Mich...
...Olympics started, last fortnight, it was the Detroit Free Press which proudly hailed Detroit as THE ONE centre of aviation in the U. S. But last week the Detroit News broke with its contemporary, conquered local pride, generously yielded the palm to Cleveland. Said the News, editorially: "Cleveland's foresight has brought its own reward. The landing field is being hailed as 'the world's greatest air traffic center' and sufficient facts are presented to substantiate the boast. The total volume of traffic during the last few months has exceeded that of Tempelhofer Field, Berlin...
Azara (113 feet) - Francis E. and George J. Baker of Detroit...
Delegates to the 24th annual convention and first international exposition of the International Advertising Association were met, upon their arrival in Detroit last week, by twelve beautiful girls, known as "The Fisher Body Girls." These presented the publicists with keys. The city of Detroit, close to Canada, had taken steps to provide in every way for the comfort and convenience of its visitors.* On the first day of the convention the delegates visited "Cranbrook," the manorial estate of famed publisher George G. Booth. There, in a sweltering heat, they admired the cool lawns, the shade under the trees, the pellucid...
Henry Ford was given the highest decoration of Rumania, the Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown for "outstanding achievements in manufacturing." The ceremony took place in Detroit, Andrew Popovich, Secretary of the Rumanian Legation, officiating...